Friday, 23 July 2010

The lead singer from Two Gallants, everyone's favourite alt-country-indie band, is going solo for a wee bit. His album We Live On Cliffs is out at the end of September on Saddle Creek, but in the meantime you can download a taster track (for FREE!) from his official website. Also, check out his MySpace for August tour dates and more info.

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

I've only ever met one Alaskan. She was my friend Meghan's housemate and when she wasn't spending all day snowboarding or being ridiculously cool and unbelievably hot, she was also super nice. This garage electro band are pretty much like that (apart from the snowboarding bit, which I can neither confirm nor deny). They are currently touring the lower 48 states until October, so check out their MySpace to find a show near you!

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

ANNE hail from Portland, Oregon, that amazingly creativly that has also produced Le Tigre and The Thermals, and also houses a number of American and British bands-in-exile such as Gossip and The Cribs. They blur the boundaries of shoegaze and new wave (shoe wave?!) and their recently released demo is freely available from the band. Also check out their MySpace for more info, and to see if they're hittin' up your hood in the near future.

Saturday, 17 July 2010

Here endeth the Canadian lessons for now. Over the next couple of days expect a pair of artist request profiles - if you want to be profiled yourself, send me an e-mail! Anyways, Kepler were an Ontario-based band who played a genre called slowcore - think of bands like Low, Codeine and Akron/Family. Jeremy "Arcade Fire's drummer" Gara played guitars and keyboards on this record which is fucking A. Even if you've never heard of slowcore or any of the bands I have just so unceremoniously namedropped, but you have a vague interest in the Explosions In The Sky-brand of post-rock. Enjoy.

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

As I approach the end of my seven-month stay in Canada, a trip which I have come to realise has been a bit of a mistake, I want to find some positives to say about a country which just annoys me. Don't get me wrong, it's a great place to visit (if you can afford the alcohol prices...) but living here was a major error. Anyways, I am going to post some Canadian bands I have been listening to since I moved here over the next couple of days, beginning with KC Accidental's second album. They broke up soon after this and formed a new band called Broken Social Scene, which is the only Canadian band most people outside of the worst-half of North America have heard of. Enjoy.

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